This is a tragedy! Travis Alexander, a 29-year-old achieved Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. (PPL) executive, was found dead at his bedroom in Mesa, Arizona on June 8, 2008. Apparently, Travis Alexander was killed by a gun shot at his head and 27 stabbings from across the whole body. So, who was the killer behind the homrcide? The answer seemed to be very confirmatory based on CBS 48 Hours Mystery–Jodi Arias, (also Jody Arias, or Jodi Ann Arias), the broke-up girlfriend of Travis Alexander!
Travis Alexander, a Mormon faith believer
Raised by the poverty-stricken parents who addicted to the crystal meth, Travis Alexander together with his six other siblings suffered a lot during their childhood. When their grandmother Norma rescued them, she introduced her grandchildren to the Mormon church. It’s where Travis found the faith which later turned him to be a successful motivational speaker and businessman in the afore-mentioned PPL, a company that sells legal services insurance to people who can’t afford lawyers.
Compared to Tavis, Jodi Arias, now 30, an aspiring photographer, had a much happy childhood. She grew up in Yreka, California. She practiced photographing using the film camera when around 10 years old. Since then, the film she’s “used and experimented with could probably stretch to the moon,” according to her biography on her own site Jfineart.com (update: Jfineart.com was found defunct in Hune, 2009).
Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias first met up at a PPL sales conference in Las Vegas. They officially began to date on February 2, 2007. Since then Travis and Jodi were much in love and Jodi made Travis’ world her own. The pair traveled many places (see photos below) including Cleveland, Los Angeles,.
Travis Alexander Jodi Arias Pictures
Jodi Arias, Travis Alexander Killer?
Jodi Arias converted to the Mormon beliefs and moved in to Mesa to stay with her boyfriend. This gradually brought in the trouble, because Jodi and Travis had the premarital sex which the Mormon faith prohibited. Due to all the odds originating from their sexual encounters, Jodi decided to break up with Travis and moved back to Yreka for both of their favor in early 2008.
The relationship of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander were over according to Travis’s friend Taylor Searle.
“One of the last conversations I had with Travis he was telling me about the conversation he had with Jody where he told her, ‘You know, it’s over. I never wanna see you again. You know, this is it,’” Searle told CBS’s correspondent Maureen Maher.
While Johi had her own story. She said Travis still called her and they occasionally meet up for sex.
“He would call me at night. And we would have long conversations. And he would tell me the things that — the things that he would like to see happen when he came up to visit me, to put it in a G-rated manner,” she said in the same programme.
No mater which side said was unreal, it was true the fact that Jodi Arias appeared at Travis Alexander’s house on June 4, 2008, the day that he was murdered in a savage attack. The onsite scenes made Jodi Arias the prime suspect for committing the homicide. Excerpts from CBS,
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Despite the fact that she was expected in Utah the next day, just after midnight on June 4, 2008, Jodi decided to head to Mesa instead.
Jodi says when she arrived at Travis’ house between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., he was in his office. He spent the early-morning hours working on his computer as he waited for her to arrive. They talked for a bit and then, both exhausted, she says they went straight to sleep.
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When the Mesa Police Department began its investigation of Travis Alexander’s murder, they had a house full of evidence and one very strong lead.
Detective Esteban Flores says he heard the name Jodi Arias from day one. “As soon as we began to talk to friends and family, there were certain individuals who gave us that name and said, ‘You need to look into Jodi Arias.’”
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“Initially– she was all over the place,” Flores explains. “She told me that she was never here, and the last time she’d seen Travis was in April. Well, I had obvious proof in my hands that she was here during that time on the day that he was murdered.”
Flores says that ‘proof’ was found by investigators in of all places, Travis’ washing machine. “One of the items that we recovered from the house was a digital camera. It still had a digital card in it that had been erased.”
But there’s erased and then there’s erased. Even though the memory card was wiped clean and the camera had been run through the wash, both were sent to the Mesa Police Department crime lab to see if any information could be recovered.
Flores says, “Our computer forensic unit called me up and said, ‘You’ve got to come down here. I have some photos you need to see. And we were just all amazed.”
What they found were dozens of pictures – each one worth more than a thousand words: Flores says the photos showed Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander “in a sexual encounter.”
But that wasn’t the only thing investigators found.
“There were several photos which were out of focus, dark. We couldn’t tell what they were until we were able to enhance them at that time,” Flores explains. “We were surprised to find out that those photos were of the victim, Travis Alexander, during the time he was being killed, or soon after. You can’t see his face, but the injuries on that person match the injuries that were on Travis.”
Another shocking discovery: every image was electronically stamped with the time and date it was taken: June 4, 2008, the date of Jodi’s visit.
Flores says the find is extremely significant to the investigation. “This gave us an actual time when he was last seen alive and when he was dead.”
It was just a few minutes difference between the photos of the sexual poses taken in the shower and of Travis lying on the floor as the victim, making Jodi the last person to be with Travis, according to Flores.
Investigators gathered a lot more on Jodi than a couple of fuzzy photos. All the physical evidence — fingerprints, blood, hair — point to the same person: Jodi Arias.
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Jodi Arias’s Travis Alexander’s homicide counts were too like a fairy-tale:
Jodi Arias: I’m innocent. But are you?
Apparently, it was just a lazy afternoon of fun and games, until, Jodi says, all hell broke loose.
“I heard a really loud pop. And the next thing I remember, I was lying next to the bathtub and Travis was screaming.”
Without warning, Jodi says someone or something had knocked both of them to the floor, leaving her dazed and confused and Travis badly wounded.
“At that point, I sort of was just trying to come around and kind of orientate myself to what was going on,” Jodi explains. “And I looked up and I just — I saw two other individuals in the bathroom. And they were both coming toward us.”
According to Jodi, she was suddenly face to face with two intruders, a man and a woman, disguised from head to toe.
“They were both taller than me. They were covered — their hands, their gloves — they had long-sleeved shirts on. They were in all black. He was wearing jeans. But they all — they had ski masks on. I think they were there to kill him, because they didn’t take anything. To my knowledge, there was nothing missing from the house.”
While the woman kept an eye on Travis, Jodi says the man led her down the hall to Travis’ bedroom and then left her there.
“I saw Travis was on the floor in his bathroom on all fours,” she says. “As soon as this guy left, I just got up and I charged her. And I ran straight down the hallway. And right before she could turn around even and see what was going on, I shoved her really hard. And she fell over him.”
Jodi says the woman was armed with a knife, but can only “assume” the woman stabbed Travis. “I didn’t see her stabbing him. He had some blood all over the floor. And there was some just coming down on his arms and on his hand, his right hand. I started pulling on Travis. And I said, ‘Come on, come on, come on.’ He finally just said, ‘I can’t.’ And then he said, ‘I can’t feel my legs.’
Before Jodi could do anything to help Travis, she says she was suddenly outnumbered again.
“The guy came back in and got really angry. At me, I guess. Eventually, he was holding the gun at my forehead. They just kept arguing back and forth [about] whether or not, you know, to kill me.”
It’s a terrifying scene. And if what Jodi says is true, what happened next is nothing short of a miracle.
“He pulled the trigger. And nothing happened with the gun. And so, I just grabbed my purse, which was on the floor at that point, and I ran down the stairs and out of there and I left [Travis] there. …I pushed past him and – and his gun. And I just didn’t look back.”
It was an unbelievable getaway. Jodi gets into her car and drives away with no one following her.
“I drove forever and ever, until I was in the middle of the desert,” she says.What is truly unbelievable is that Jodi says she left Travis, who was critically injured, to fend for himself.
Jodi didn’t call 911, she didn’t go to a neighbor and she didn’t call a friend. “I didn’t call anybody or tell anybody,” she says.
“It’s very hard to understand why, especially somebody who was a person of faith, and you loved this man – why would you do nothing, nothing to help him?” says Maher.
“It was — I was terrified. And I was scared for my life. And I think there was a naïve belief that I could pretend like it didn’t really happen,” Jodi says.
That’s just what Jodi did when she got back on the road and headed off to Utah.
When she did finally call someone, it was Ryan Burns – not for help, but to say she was on her way to keep their date.
She made one other call to the one person who was in no position to help anyone. “I thought, ‘I’m gonna call Travis.‘ And it just went to voicemail,” she recalls. “And I called him again, and it went to voicemail.”
Jodi says Travis was alive when she fled his house. “He was still sort of on his hands and knees, the whole time, until I ran from the room. That’s the last that I saw him.”
Jodi spent l……never telling anyone about her horrific ordeal. To this day, Jodi claims that she is consumed with guilt for leaving Travis behind.
Based on the facts above, we strongly believe Jody Arias is a liar and nobody but Travis Alexander’s killer. Nevertheless, Jodi Ann Arias must be convicted by the judges. Arias who is charged the first degree murder and jailed in Estrella Jail in Phoenix, will appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on March 25, 2009. Her trial will take place in 2010. She faces life in prison or a capital punishment.
Travis Alexander murder case Jodi Arias on CBS 48 Hours Mystery Video Clip (CBS Videos Online)
Links:
- Jodi Ann Arias shot and stabbed her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death
- Travis Alexander site @ TravisAlexander.net
- Jodi Arias Jfineart MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jfineart
- Jodi Arias MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jodiarias
- Jodi Arias Blog: http://jodiarias.blogspot.com/
Pictures: MySpace.com, CBS.com, Youtube.com
#Permalink Tags: Arizona, California, Crimes, Jodi Ann Arias, Jodi Arias Death Penalty, Jody Arias, Murder, Travis Alexander, Travis Alexander Jodi Arias
I really think she was set up?
i think all you pep are crazy that girl did not do that.no possible why.frist of all were is the gun knife and her bloody clothes.i dont care how many pep new har or travis.that girl is way to small 2 even hold him down are you that dum look at her and look at him. i belive her and i hope she is free soon.good luck 2 you jodi girl
I think only God knows
Although I havent seen her in quite some time, Jodie was one of my best friends growing up. She was always the type to put a smile on or make the best out of something even if it stank. I will tell you right now that evidence is damning, but I dont think she is capable of such anger. I dont think that her passion for Travis would turn like that. I do know that she was a great girl and awesome person. I cant imagine her doing anything as violent as this tragic situation. And If she reads this or someone passes it to her tell her Im sorry that this door has closen in her life but lean on God on not your own perception of what your path shall be- Bekki HAmblin
I dont think she did. There is something fishy about this Travis guy. Their friends, life. The guy who lives with makin speeches, have many sex partner, lives upscale house, play with people minds.
Although I missed the chance to submit a question for you to ask at your interview with Jodi, I am looking forward to reading the answers you recieve from her. Please post soon.
I am interviewing Jodi tomorrow. If anyone would like to ask her any questions, send them to: editor@theothersidenews.com
I cant address all the questions but I will do my best.
I think all of Travis’s friends are annoying as hell. They all were acting like Travis and Jodi didn’t have any real relationship at all (on 48 Hours, Taylor said something like …this is what ended this relationship, whatever it was). Well, when Travis wanted to go on roadtrips based on that book, who did he call? JODI. When Travis decided to go against his faith and have sex, who was it with? JODI. It was only after his friends started not liking Jodi that he kind of hid his relationship with her. And they are always talking about what a great guy he was, but they never really say anything about what he did that made him so great (other than give speeches at PPL functions). What they do talk about CONSTANTLY is the fact that he “played the field” and “cultivated several relationships at once”. Seems that his friends were a little too proud of the fact that Travis was a player. And it seems like the reason they like it so much is that it is a slap to Jodi’s face. Taylor is a first-class creep. I don’t know how you couldn’t get a wierd feeling from him. I know this case isn’t about Travis’s jealous-ridden circle of friends, but I think they are lying, exaggerating, and enjoying their two minutes in the sun. (And I do think Jodi’s story is hard believe, so I am not saying she is innocent. I just can’t stand his friend’s behavior on 48 Hours. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THEY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THIS TRIAL ON COURT TV?)
you guys are all ridiculous. taylor had nothing to do with the murder. for all of you out there who are defending jodi, do your research. she is CLEARLY guilty. and having known travis, i can say he was one of the best people i have ever met. truly one of a kind. miss you travis
I am laughing at MichaelH’s comments about Taylor Searle and not because I disagree with them but because they are spot on. But I noticed this about almost all of Travis’s so called “friends”. They all have this big, wide beaming grins when they are interviewed about this case. It is downright bizarre. What the hell is there to smile about? But then, I think Mormons and PPL and all pyramid scheme people are creepy and seem “off”.
I watched the 48 Hours special on this case and some of Travis’s friend’s were commenting on how he wanted to be done with her and how he was relieved when she moved back to Yreka, CA. But, if you check out her myspace page, you will see that on May 1, 2008 Travis left her a message “I wonder how much you raise the hotness level of Yreka all by yourself…” That seems like an odd comment to make to someone you are supposedly “done with”. I’m not saying anything about him being murdered (which was horrific!!), but I think he was a little more into her than his friend’s think. I still think she killed him, but I think he liked her attention…he just didn’t realize where it would lead.
I think both Jodi and Travis were both nuts and compulsive liars! I’m not saying that ANYONE deserves what happened but come on here!! What did any of their friends and family expect to happen here, and do any of you really think Travis didn’t know she was obsessed w/ him? Do you not think for one minute he was eating her obsession up? Using it to boost his self esteem? His friends said multiple times that Travis lied about her! Why? SHAME that’s why! Travis continually used a nut case AND he was a gigolo that used his \faith\ to get into the minds and pants of many. NOTHING good could have come from any of it!! Jodi will be put in prison and Travis is dead move on!!!
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I think she is so guilty, but Sandy, I am a Cancer and I am the least clingy girl I know. My boyfriend and his friends say I am the only girlfriend that doesn’t call to check up when they are out. I think it has more to do with who you are, not your astrological sign. Cancers are known for being moody and homebodies. I don’t get the indication that this girl was a homebody…she always was going somewhere. Some people have that horrible tendency of becoming very jealous and possessive…the kind of person you pray doesn’t come into your life.
I CANNOT stand when people act like someone is not guilty if there are no murder weapons found. What jacked up logic is that? What do you think someone is going to do? Frame them? Keep them in their purse? Hell no!! She was on a road trip with thousands of places to throw the gun and knife. And she had plenty of time and hundreds of miles to dispose of them. Geez, people, come on (those of you who indicated she is innocent because of the lack of the murder weapon)!! You aren’t going to keep evidence. The police would love to have the weapons in evidence, but many times that does not happen. Who doesn’t go get help for someone they love? And she just grabs her purse (rolling my eyes) and runs out and these two don’t stop her or even come after her? She could’ve run to a neighbors and had someone there in 2 minutes…and her purse just happened to be in the bathroom with easy convenience to grab? There is no way she’s getting off. Her story sucks.
She killed him. Anytime a person is stabbed that many times it’s a crime of passion. She knew he was using her and they would never marry. He used her for sex and wanted to be finished with her but kept the booty calls going. She played along then realized he would never marry her…she was a trashy girl now and he wanted a “good” girl to marry. She was angry that she was now considered used and he would go onto marry a good girl in the temple.
not to be illogical and weird here, but i saw on her myspace page that her zodiac sign is a cancer. from what i know about that stuff, cancer girls are the CLINGIEST in all the bunch. they become obsessed with their guys to the point where they would be willing to transform completely for someone, leave their life behind, and take on the life of the guy (which would make breaking up with a girl like this really hard and, if done, really traumatic for the girl). i have a cancer friend who is like this (although not as severe) and a couple other cancer girls, too. i’m not saying they are all like this. but what people are saying about jodi fits the cancer girl profile to a T (converting to travis’ faith, moving to live near him, being obsessed with him and not being able to let him go, extreme jealousy, etc.). there is no doubt in my mind that she killed him. i’m sure she meant to take the camera with her for sick and twisted memories and accidentally threw it in the wash with the sheets (maybe it was lying on the bed and she didn’t see it since she was in a rage). part of me feels sorry for her for being so messed up in the head and being stupid enough to let one guy have such an extreme affect on her and also use her, but she should’ve gotten therapy for that…not kill him.
religious lying fruitcakes both getting caught in their twisted lies!! sorry for the familiies losses but seriously you can’t play with peoples minds forever, soon they break! God help both of their dark souls
Mothman225, you show the injustice of not getting your facts straight.
The blood they found was hers mixed with his. Her fingers were cut from using a knife.
What the 48 hour story doesn’t tell you is the stalking habits she showed in the past…
Personally I don’t think she acted alone. I think there is a person or persons that were also on the crime scene. In fact she may have done very little of the killing. I have to wonder what old boyfriend, new romance, family member, etc she enraged to help her commit this act.
I’ve watched a lot of 48hrs mysteries and sometimes I can say wow this guy is innocent, or they don’t have enough, or there was sloppy police work done…I can’t say any of those things for this case. She seems as guilty as can be. SEEMS. I’ll answer a few of Mothman’s questions.
1) See here’s a big problem with the common civilian. You try to think the perp. as a rational person with the same rational motivations as you. Murder (especially 1st degree) is an irrational action which is why it’s a crime. One of the highest reasons for murder is “passion” and is committed (as high as 90% of the time) by a person the victims knows. There was passion and jealousy all over this relationship. The man was shot “in the face” and stabbed 27-28 times. Any criminologist and forensic official will say that this is trully a sign of a crime of passion and/or sudden rage which again 80-90% of the time is a loved one.
2) Some people need to know how advanced forensics actually is and why they have multi-million dollar equipment. They can tell how long the DNA’s been there, they can tell whether it was ripped out or fell out, and much more even in rare cases emotions at the time based on hormone or toxin releases found in the samples.
3) The first part is plausible. For the second part they can tellif it was splatter, smear, drip, or from grabbing. I also enter this, they found cuts all over her hand which is a good sign she was cut by the knife. Again based on the depths of the wounds and angles they can tell or give good reasons on how they got there (including on whether she cut her self with the knife while she was stabby) and from what.
4) Snark questions like that does not help. these are detectives not superheros. The murder was discovered FIVE DAYS later and she drove for hours into the desert. I’m sure you know how much land a person can cover in five days.
5) Where do gangs get their guns and AKs? Just to let you know, in another article it says that she indeed had a gun and that it went “missing” a few days before the murder. Yup she sounds really innocent.
6) I’m well aware of defense mechanisms brought on by intense emotions but those are still rare. I’m also well aware of psychopathy and pathological liars and for sure she is the later and can not be yet confirmed the former. She lies all over the place. She did not just run. She ran for hours with out calling ANYONE and said nothing to anybody for DAYS. When they interviewed her she said “I WAS NOT THERE”. She even said I last saw him in April and changed the month soon after. If she was able enough to call him hours later, why not the cops? All the evidence has not been put out yet but a source says they have written and video statements that shows how she keeps changing the story.
There are way too many inconsistancies in her story to be placed here but here are a few. She said she was placed in the room. When did they have time to wash a person’s sheets and camera? Why would they take pictures? and then leave the camera? The murder, as she says, took place in the bathroom so there should be no blood on the sheets but there would be her DNA so she have reason and time to grab them and wash them. She ran pass two suspects with a knife and gun? REALLY? In a small bathroom? Two people who just brutally murdered a man had trouble even stabbing her once or at least tying her? Her purse was on the floor in tha bathroom next to her?! The purse that happened to have her keys?!
It’s also very suspicious how she mentioned there was nothing stolen? Why say that? How did she know that? Especially since according to her she was placed in a room during the ordeal and the man left the room for a while. When did she have time to have the conversation with the victim? Oh yeah after she was brave enough to push the women down. The man tried to shoot her only once? Chambers get stuck, you telling me he tried just once and then just let her run off? Last big piece I will say here is, how come there was ZERO evidence of another person being there? Not even bloody footprints of another person? That’s just crazy (these two must be ghost) that two murders (one who fell down) left NO evidence of them being there especially at such a bloody crime scene.
“This gradually brought in the trouble, because Jodi and Travis had the premarital sex which the Mormon faith prohibited. Due to all the odds originating from their sexual encounters….” Huh? Why did they really split? Just…it’s not that unheard-of for dating Mormon couples to have physical relationships as well.
Here is something that troubles me.
Every Time Taylor Searle appears on camera in this show he’s smiling almost laughing. His friend is dead, it is a serious mater and Taylor Searle is laughing, smiling almost joyous.
Why?
He tried very hard to paint Jodi as an unscrupulous stalker because She and Travis had sex outside the faith and in contravention of Mormon Religious teachings. However, he never tries to bring Travis to fault or to point out that Travis was just as wrong.
Taylor Searle is way too quick to try and point the finger at Jodi for being a ‘bad girl ‘ and a bad influence on Travis.
Someone needs to seriously look into Taylor Searle’s whereabouts and any possible alibis for the night in question.
Why she’s innocent:
1.) What’s the motive? Seriously? Why would she kill him? What would she get out of?
2.) Sure, her fingerprints and DNA was at the scene. She was screwing the guy! That means she was there, not a murderer.
3.) Yes, a bloody fingerprint. Because you have blood on your hands doesn’t mean you’re the killer. She could have been helping him or received his blood splatter from the real killer(s).
4.) Where is the murder weapons? Did the police even bother to try to find them?
5.) If she shot the guy, where did she get the gun? Where did she buy it? Did the guy have a gun?
6.) Sure, there is the question of her driving away and not telling anyone. But believe it or not, people do some crazy things when they are scared. If someone was trying to kill me, I would run like hell.
48 Hours once again proves the injustices of the American courts. Police officers like to get homicides solved quickly and attorneys like to get fancy promotions by putting people away, whether innocent or guilt.
Jodi’s “story” doesn’t make sense. She says the man led her down the hall to Travis’ bedroom and left her there. Then she says she saw, “Travis on all fours” – how could she see him from down the hall from another bedroom – xray vision? Then she says, “when the man left I charged the woman”.
Also, they just let her leave without chasing her down? Why would they allow a witness to such a murder escape?
She’s guilty!!
I wouldn’t say I KNOW Jodi, but I have met her, and witnessed her “handy – work” first hand. I used to talk with, and ended up visiting a boy she was interested in (1997 -1998) …she broke in his house and cut the phone lines so he and I couldn’t talk, one time while I was at his house we were in his room and she was peeping through the window watching us….She always seemed sweet and such, but you could tell something was seriously wrong just below the surface.
I don’t believe she did it. She is guilty in the eyes of the public without trial. Maybe, she is telling the truth and the killers are somehow connected to the man’s past or work. Maybe his friends. How they just uttered Jodi? Whew, can’t you see? Most of the suspected killers are 85% to 90% innocent and it is easy to get one to be blamed and stop the investigation outright as they believe they got the killer and less work and expenses.
i think …
i mean i know she did it …
her story is so full of crap ok !
girls now a days will do whatever it takes to keep the man they love.
but anyways this girl in her story says that the two attackers shot him then she ran but yet had time to run and get her purse and keys she is so guity ! ugh ! poor guy i feel so srrry for the pain he must have felt cus that ugly girl!
i mean if you almost die you dont even think more less go get your purse …if that would happen to me i would do anything just to get out of there before i die also i mean come on !
at least go to the neibors or something!
but there she goes getting her purse and keys and everything ha that is such bullshit she deserves to get punished for how viscious she did to him !
John, rest assured that gun and knife is buried in the desert sand somewhere along the freeway between Phoenix and SLC. It won’t be found, bu that shouldn’t prevent a murderous sociopath from being brought to justice. Stay tuned in 2010 to see just how good a job the police did. The closest thing to freedom this woman could ever have is a straightjacket in a padded cell, and that’s only if her lawyers are really good.
What happen to the gun and the knife? I dont think she did it. Unless they can produce the gun or the knife killing him, i dont think she killed him. Yes she is a lier and misleading but killing. Everything should be relooked at and see it in a new light. I think the cops wanted to solve this fast and didnt do a good job of looking at the evedince.
Hello,
I appreciated what you shared here about the murder of Mr. Alexander and the case of Miss Arias. I came to your blog for help to write my prior posting yesterday afternoon. The title is, ‘Are They Crimes of Passion?’ I did some commentary about Jodi and Travis relationship.
It appears what was written by me may be unwelcomed by the public. There are two, black and white, editorial, crime noir cartoons reflecting on both male and female murders. The humor of them may be rather biting and sharp.
If you wish to visit, if you wish to comment on it here is the address; http://curtisonthenews.blogspot.com
I feel incline to give my capsule viewpoint of Miss Arias’ case but did explain it on my blog along with other cases. Again your blog was a real help, thank you.
Sincerely,
Curtz